Software Engineer - Maritime

Anduril-1; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Total compensation

Job summary

Anduril is seeking Software Engineers to contribute to autonomous, simulation, data processing, payload integration, and off-board command and control across our maritime products. You will own software-enabled solutions, working end-to-end from architecture to deployment in a team environment.

Role involves developing for on- and off-robot platforms using C++, Rust, and Go, with opportunities to evolve platform capabilities. Expect travel up to 20% in this mission-driven setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Professional experience working as a Software Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of competence.
• Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, scaling, testing and software design.
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.
• Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment.
• Capacity to learn and grow rapidly, building personal and team capacity, growing your skills to the standard of Senior Software Engineer.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Empathize with end-users and drive solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Own software enabled solutions that are deployed to customers, optimizing for the delivery of value to the end-user
• Implement software that rapidly delivers capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
• Contribute to the development of existing software services across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines
• Develop software that runs on- and off- robotic platforms, using a variety of technologies
• Work as part of team to develop, then iteratively enhance, vehicle and mission software, including full lifecycle testing, monitoring and operation
• Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team
• Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

Job description

About the Team

Anduril’s Maritime Division has assembled a diverse team of experts in software, robotics, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and data analysis to create software and hardware solutions that radically evolve the capabilities of our customers. We are fielding the next generation of autonomous systems to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of maritime operations. Anduril has brought to market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth underwater vessel platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "small" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on billion-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

We are seeking to sustain our early successes with deep investment in an expanded product portfolio. These products, including Dive-XL, Dive-LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry, and other unannounced systems, will deliver a coherent system-of-systems, enabling the end-to-end conduct of a variety of autonomous missions in the maritime domain. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact and working on systems that directly contribute to achieving national strategic priorities, we want you to join Anduril’s Maritime Division and help us build the future of defense capability.

About the Job

Software Engineers contribute to the delivery of a variety of software integrated in to our products. This includes autonomy, simulation, data processing, payload integration, and off-board command and control and decision support. We expect Software Engineers to demonstrate end-to-end outcome ownership of their projects, contributing as a member of a team to the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next generation autonomous platforms through their entire product life-cycle.

What You’ll Do

• Empathize with end-users and drive solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Own software enabled solutions that are deployed to customers, optimizing for the delivery of value to the end-user
• Implement software that rapidly delivers capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
• Contribute to the development of existing software services across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines
• Develop software that runs on- and off- robotic platforms, using a variety of technologies
• Work as part of team to develop, then iteratively enhance, vehicle and mission software, including full lifecycle testing, monitoring and operation
• Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team
• Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Professional experience working as a Software Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of competence
• Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, scaling, testing and software design
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment
• Capacity to learn and grow rapidly, building personal and team capacity, growing your skills to the standard of Senior Software Engineer
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the delivery of a military mission system
• Experience writing backend services or embedded software in C++, Rust and/or Go
• Experience writing frontend applications using Typescript and React
• Experience with the implementation and operation of horizontally scaled cloud technologies
• Experience with the implementation and support of embedded software, particularly in the field of robotics
• Experience with modeling and simulation
• Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software
• Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering concepts

US Salary Range

$166,000 - $220,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.